phthisis > define
noun
- Involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body.
- synonyms: pulmonary tuberculosis, consumption, wasting disease, white plague
by WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
(n.) A wasting or consumption of the tissues. The term was formerly applied to many wasting diseases, but is now usually restricted to pulmonary phthisis or consumption. See Consumption.
by Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary